Stock-feeder



(No Model.)

J. C. GRIFFIS.

, STOCKPEEDER.

Patented Mar. 1,1898.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACK CARLOSS GRIFFIS, OF GIPSY, ALABAMA lSTOCK-FEEDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 599,935, dated March 1,1898. l Application filed Juliet, 1897. Serial No. 639,880.` (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Beit known that l, J ACK GARLoss GRIFFIS, 1

a citizen of the United States, residing at Gipsy, in the county ofLimestone and State of Alabama, have invented a new and usefulStock-Feeder, of which the following is a specification. A

This invention relates to improvements in stock-feeders. n

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofstock-feeders and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient oneadapted to be readily operated from a distance without necessitating theoperator going into a stall to feed a horse or other animal. l

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a stock-feederconstructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied inposition over a feed-trough or manger. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionalview of the same, the movable bottom and side ofthe feed-box beingtilted for discharging the feed.

Like numeralsof reference designate corresponding parts in both figuresof the drawings.

l designates a feed-box designed to be arranged in a barn or stable overa feed-trough or manger 2, and comprising a stationary body portion anda pivoted section. The stationary body portion is composed of a frontand back and a rigid side connecting the front and back, and the pivotedsection consists of a movable side 3 and an oscillating bottom 4,

rigidly secured to the side '3. The bottom 4 is connected to the side 3at the lower edge thereof, and the latter is connected near its centerto the stationary body portion of the feed-box by ahorizontal pivot 5.The outward swing of the upper portion of the side 3 is limited by ahorizontal connecting-bar 6 and by the rigid side of the boX, whichforms an abutment for the bottom 4. The cross-bar 6 is arrangedat oneside of the feed-box and is secured to the adjacent edges of the frontand back thereof.

The feed-boX-is operated by a rope or cord 7, which passes over a pulleyS and which is provided at one end with a Weight 9. It also passesthrough a guide 10, and it is connected with the upper edge of themovable side of the feed-box by a rope or cord l1. The upper edge of themovable side of the feed-box is provided with an eye or staple 12, towhich the cord ll is attached, and the weight 9 operates to hold themovable bottom and side in their closed position. Y

Any number of feed-boxes may be provided and any `number of guides maybe employed, so that the operatingrope may be controlled from anydesired point in a stable or barn.

The invention has the following advan@ bottom and side of the feed-boxinsures a complete discharge of the contents of the same, and feed, suchas wet mixed feed, cannot become clogged and remain in the feedbox.

What I claim is- In a device of the class described, the combination ofa feed-box designed to be arranged over a feed-trough or manger andcomprising a stationary body portion composed of a front and back and arigid side fixed to the front and back, and a pivoted section consistingof a movable side pivoted between its ends to the said front and backand an oscillating bottom rigid with and carried by the movable side,said feed-box being completely closed at its sides and bottom when thelatter is in a horizontal position, and a single operatingrope or cordextending over the feedebox, connected between its ends with the pivotedsection and provided at one end with a weight and at the other end witha pull or handle, said weight being arranged to hold the pivoted sectionnormally closed, whereby when the operating cord or rope is pulled inone direction, the feed-box will be opened and when released thefeed-box willbe automatically closed, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JACK CARLOSS GRIFFIS.

Witnesses:

R. N. OARTWRIGHT, W. R. WALKER.

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